When the United States called for sanctions on Russia following its annexation of Crimea, the Kremlin retaliated with some of its own. Who knew Putin also had high-level sanction technology? Jon Stewart never would have guessed.

Plus: Former Massachusetts senator Scott Brown nonchalantly runs for New Hampshire office with signs like "Hey. Sup?", while the Supreme Court hears a case on birth control and Hobby Lobby's purported religious freedom to deny their workers certain methods of contraception.

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